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لكم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of striking with the fist or palm. It extends to related concepts like a pinch delivered by hand and also includes proper nouns for a mountain and a water source.

Derived headwords

لَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he punched him with his fistboth

    he punched him with his fist

أَلْكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    the sleeve of a shirtboth

    the sleeve of a shirt

  2. 2.
    the spathe of a date palm and the covering of a flowerboth

    the spathe of a date palm and the covering of a flower

لَكْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    striking with fistboth

    The act of striking with the closed fist or the palm of the hand.

المَلْكَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pinch by handclassical

    A pinch or squeeze that is delivered by hand.

اللَّكَامname
  1. 1.
    a mountain in Syriaboth

    a mountain in Syria

مَلْكُومname
  1. 1.
    water source nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific water source located in Mecca.

Parallel reading

لَكَمْتُهُ أَلْكَمُهُ لَكْمًا، إِذَا ضَرَبْتُهُ بِجَمْعِ كَفِّي.
I struck him, I strike him, with a fist strike, if I struck him with the palm of my hand.
وَالمَلْكَمَةُ: القَرْصَةُ المَضْرُوبَةُ بِاليَدِ.
And the 'malakamah' is the pinch struck by hand.
وَاللَّكَامُ (2) بِالتَّشْدِيدِ: جَبَلٌ بِالشَّأْمِ.
And 'al-Lukkam' with the shaddah is a mountain in the Levant.
وَمَلْكُومٌ: اسْمُ مَاءٍ بِمَكَّةَ.
And 'Malkum' is the name of a water source in Mecca.